Understanding Guass and the Strength of Magnets: A Simple Explanation

[RestlessMind]

I feel kinda stupid asking this, but can anyone give a simple explanation of the difference between Gauss and strength of a magnet, and what exactly Gauss is?

 

[Gear300]

Are you referring to Gauss?...if you are, in terms of magnetism, it is a unit measure of the magnetic field strength. The current standard unit, however, is Tesla.

 

[RestlessMind]

Oh I see. Sorry about the misspelling. I think that's all I needed to know, thanks!